Deer, bats, porcupines, foxes, lemurs, caimans and antelopes will be pink-slipped as part of the 114-year-old zoo’s effort to cope with a $15 million budget shortfall.

“We plan to close four exhibits, four areas of the zoo . . . and we will have to reduce our collections in order to handle the cuts that we already know about,” said Bob Cook, executive vice president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the zoo.

Councilman Domenic Recchia (D-Brooklyn), who chairs the committee, was incredulous when Cook told him the loss of “hundreds” of animals would be permanent — not a temporary fix during the recession.

“It’s much, much more serious than what I even thought it was going to be,” Recchia said.

“When I heard that the animals were going to be impacted and that we are going to have to ship our animals off to other zoos, I’m devastated by this. We are losing our zoos and wildlife.”

The Bronx Zoo — the country’s largest urban zoo, which 2.1 million people visited last year alone — is shutting its World of Darkness, Rare Animal Range and exhibits of the Arabian oryx and blesbok, two types of antelope.

The World of Darkness houses bats, caimans, porcupines and primates, including lemurs and night monkeys.

The Rare Animal Range is home to deer and guanaco, a South American relative of the llama.

The shuttered displays were chosen based on maintenance costs and popularity among visitors, zoo officials said.